The Dartmouth 10/14/15

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Jeb Bush visits Lebanon

Admin,students condemn Dartmouth Indian flyers

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Presidential candidate Jeb Bush met with residents in Lebanon on Tuesday.

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Former Florida governor and Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush spoke to a crowded room, including between 40 and 50 Dartmouth students, at the Grafton County Senior Citizens Council in Lebanon on

Tuesday night.

Bush began by speaking about international affairs, calling for military action against the Islamic State and re-establishing America’s leadership in the world by building its military power.

Bush criticized Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s

Wes Schaub leaves GLOS directorship

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Greek Letter Organizations and Societies director Wes Schaub left his position last Friday after more than four years in the post, associate dean for student life Eric Ramsey wrote in an email to Greek leadership.

Schaub — who could not be reached for comment by press time — had served as GLOS director since July 2011. During his

time at the College, Schaub developed close working relationships with students while collaborating with them on projects such as honors societies associated with Greek organizations, Order of Omega honor society president Jessica Goldstein ’16 said.

Schaub stepped down following the end of the Panhellenic Council recruitment process last week, SEE SCHAUB PAGE 2

remarks made in New Hampshire last week about Syrian refugees.

Bush said these refugees should not be sent back “to their slaughter” but supported by the United States. He cited America’s “inventive spirit” and tradition of “embracing SEE BUSH PAGE 5

On Monday — the federal holiday Columbus Day — posters advertising apparel featuring the Dartmouth Indian appeared in various residence halls on campus. Today, Provost Carolyn Dever and Dean of the College Rebecca Biron co-signed an email to campus condemning the flyers, calling the act of distributing them around campus “cowardly and disrespectful.”

Dever and Biron wrote that the act contradicts the College’s commitment to maintaining an “inclusive and respectful educational community” and called on community members to promote a positive living and learning environment.

Shortly after, the Student Assembly sent a campus-wide email calling the incident a “premeditated act of racism” and saying that the Assembly supports the Native Americans at Dartmouth community in condemning the

use of the Indian mascot that “objectifies and dehumanizes a community of students at Dartmouth.” The image, the Assembly wrote, misrepresents the NAD community and the values of the larger Dartmouth community. It called for the campus to refuse to “tolerate such deliberates acts of hate speech.”

A member of the NAD community was recently egged on campus, the Assembly wrote, an action it described as “violent and destructive.”

The Assembly also noted that flyers appeared during the final days of the Native American Fly-In Program, which brings perspective Native students to campus. It called upon administrators to open “a full inquiry” into the incident.

The Assembly wrote that in response to the incident, Safety and Security officers will be performing additional rounds SEE FLYERS PAGE 5

SA starts mental health campaign

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Student Assembly will be holding events over the next several weeks as part of its “I’m Here For You” initiative, which aims to remove the stigma from mental health.

Student Assembly president Frank Cunningham ’16 said that this year the Assembly is taking its mental health campaign further with “Stop Hiding, Start Talking,” a series of events for the rest of the term.

Following last year’s “I’m Here For You” panel, which

launched the campaign, Student Assembly’s Wellness Committee will hold a similar student panel on Nov. 5. At the panel, students will share personal stories regarding mental health.

In a campus-wide email, Student Assembly encouraged students to submit experiences.

Student Assembly head of health and wellness Speight Carr ’16 said last year the Assembly began campus dialogue about mental health, and this year they want to continue this conversation.

Carr said it is difficult to

measure the success of Assembly campaigns. While he said 1,600 students visited counselors at Dick’s House last year — and there are still students who are nervous about seeking help — it is a challenge to estimate the number of students the Assembly reached with its campaign.

Student Assembly prefers not to send out surveys, he said.

The Assembly will also compile a book of students’ stories that will be available to campus. During the same SEE ASSEMBLY PAGE 3

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CAMPUS BLOTTER Oct. 9, 6:27 p.m., South Street: Safety and Security officers and College Troubleshooters responded to seven apartments for a report of multiple local smoke detectors that had been activated by smoke from burned food. The smoke was evacuated from the residence and the detectors were reset. There was no actual fire.

Oct. 9, 9:09 p.m., The Green: During the Homecoming bonfire, the Hanover Police Department arrested a student for disorderly conduct after the individual had entered the inner circle and touched the bonfire.

Oct. 9, 9:30 p.m., The Green: A Safety and Security officer caught another student who had touched the fire. The individual had been consuming alcohol.

Oct. 10, 1:01 a.m., Hitchcock Residence Hall: A Safety and Security officer and Dartmouth EMS rendered medical assistance to an intoxicated student after she was observed urinating on the lawn of Hitchcock. The student was transported to Dick’s House and was admitted for the rest of the night due to her level of intoxication.

Oct. 10, 1:23 a.m., Tuck Drive: While on routine patrol, a Safety and Security officer noticed a student who needed help walking. A graduate student asked if she could “Good Sam” the intoxicated student, who then ran away. The intoxicated student was later found at North Park and was turned over to a sober student.

Oct. 10, 4:16 p.m., North Main Street: Safety and Security officers took a report of two homecoming banners being stolen off the light poles on the street.

Oct. 10, 8:20 p.m., Class of 1953 Commons: Safety and Security officers, Dartmouth EMS and Hanover Fire rendered aid to a student who had sustained small lacerations and scrapes to his face, as well as a chipped tooth after falling off from his bicycle.

The student was transported to DHMC for further treatment.

Oct. 11, 12:56 a.m., Russell Sage Residence Hall: A Safety and Security officer transported a student to DHMC for a right ankle injury sustained while running near Berry Library. The student was subsequently transported back to campus.

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Ramsey wrote in his email.

Ramsey will be will serve as GLOS interim director until Schaub’s replacement is found, Ramsey said in an interview. Ramsey will also chair the search committee for Schaub’s replacement.

“We are going to look over the next several weeks in consultation with the presidents of organizations and council leaders to draft a job description for what we’d like to have in the replacement for the position,” Ramsey said.

Ramsey said that the search process will follow a similar timeline to other administrative posts. A replacement will likely be appointed in the spring, he said.

Ideally, the new director will have the necessary skills to work with students, Greek house advisors and staff and will have experience with other Greek systems, Ramsey said.

“While [Schaub’s] departure is difficult for us to manage, one of the things I’m very confident about is the talented staff we have in Greek life and a lot of people who care about the Greek community who will help us get through this time of transition,” Ramsey said.

Schaub’s work with students was

a defining quality of his tenure in his post, Goldstein said.

“He was very vibrant and always seemed very excited about Greek life and his work in general.

He was always very easy to meet with, he would always make time

“[Former GLOS director Wes Schaub] was very vibrant and always seemed very excited about Greek life and his work in general.”

- ORDER OF OMEGA HONOR SOCIETY PRESIDENT JESSICA GOLDSTEIN ’16 for office hours with students,” she said.

Phi Tau gender-inclusive fraternity president Justin Halloran ’16 reiterated Schaub’s availability to students.

“Wes Schaub has been nothing but helpful while I was president,” he said. “I’m definitely sad to see him go, but I wish him all the best.”

During Schaub’s tenure, major

scandals, reforms and changes occurred within the Greek system. He presided over serious disciplinary actions against Alpha Delta fraternity — which was derecognized in the spring — and oversaw the College’s reactions to various hazing allegations, including the 2012 controversy involving Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. Schaub’s tenure also saw Panhell gain equal representation on the Greek Leadership Council, major reforms to Panhell recruitment and the abolition of pledge term.

“During his time here, [Schaub] worked really hard to elevate expectations of the Greek community, tackled difficult issues like hazing and worked hard to help students, through pre-recruitment programs, understand Greek life and their memberships in it,” Ramsey said.

“There’s many, many at Dartmouth who care about the Greek community, including myself, and we’re here to support the students as we search for a new director who will take Greek life to even better places.”

Members of the GLOS staff did not respond to requests for comments by press time. Leaders of the Interfraternity Council, Panhell and GLC did not respond to requests seeking comment.

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Student Assembly will host mental health panel, discussions

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Student Assembly president Frank Cunningham ’16 talks mental health campaign.

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week as the panel, the Assembly will host a relaxation “fest” for students.

Last year, the Assembly held a similar event to relieve stress during finals period.

Cunningham, who has shared his own experiences with anxiety and depression, said his friends supported him when he opened up about his struggles, and he sought out other forms of support afterward.

Cunningham said the words “I’m here” conveyed to him that he should be proud of his identity and that he

had a network of support “‘I’m here for you’ is really my way of saying, if I’m going through this, a ton of other students must be as well,” he said.

Cunningham said he thinks there is a stigma attached to mental illnesses, and students may not want to share their struggles because they think it will affect how others perceive them.

There will be three discussions held this term about mental health and sexuality, social and academic pressures and how substance abuse is linked to mental health, Cunning-

ham said.

Cunningham said the campaign will conclude with a day when students are encouraged to publicly wear their problems on their chests.

Cunningham said that Student Assembly has reached out to a number of other college campuses through the Ivy Plus Society to coordinate joint initiatives with schools.

Carr said the Assembly hopes to increase the resources that students have available to them when seeking help. For example, Carr said Student Assembly hopes to streamline the process of receiving guidance from Dick’s House.

“We want to see if we can enact a policy that will make it easier for students to be seen, and be seen quicker and more effectively,” he said.

Geisel School of Medicine psychiatry professor Robert Brady said that the risk of mental illness among college students is the same or higher than for the general population.

He said that initiatives like “I’m Here for You” provide an opportunity to make issues surrounding mental health more visible.

“It may increase students’ willingness to seek help when needed,” he said.

Brady said that these sorts of

initiatives can change the way people discuss mental health. Society as a whole, he said, often discusses mental health only in cases of shocking events.

“It encourages the recognition of mental health as something that can occur in every moment, rather than just being a topic that comes up when crisis hits,” he said.

Hanover Psychiatry director Dominic Candido said addressing

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CONTRIBUTING Columnist CLARA CHIN ’19

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The Myth of Good Stereotypes

Time for Transparency

All stereotypes can have negative effects, even if they seem harmless.

First impressions are rarely accurate, as I have learned over dinner with several of my floormates.

A couple of nights ago, we laughed over how wrong our initial impressions of each other proved to be. During this discussion, one of my floormates told me he assumed I was “smarter than I let on” before he met me — in other words, he thought I was shy and smart. Another floormate, on the other hand, said he did not think I seemed like the “typical Asian.”

While my second friend’s comments are clearly about my race, I could not help but wonder if my first friend’s comments were related. After all, first impressions are often informed by racial stereotypes and our perception of ethnicity, and it is well known that Asian women are stereotyped to be meek and intelligent. When I asked him if he felt that way because I am Asian, he responded that I should not worry — after all, he argued, being smart is a good stereotype. I, however, find it hard to believe that any stereotype is a good one.

Pigeonholing people and letting their physical appearance and cultural backgrounds dictate expectations is always problematic.

Many of the stereotypes associated with being Asian may seem innocuous. Some of the more common ones include assumptions that Asians are smart, hardworking and good at math. While most people can agree that these are not inherently bad qualities, inferring that all Asian people fulfill these character traits is not a compliment, nor is it a productive way of understanding people different than you. Rather, these assumptions can limit the ability of Asian people, and various others, to express themselves without hesitation.

Because of the expectation that Asians will embody these three characteristics, people might subconsciously forget about traits that many other Asian people might possess, such as creativity, boldness and adventurousness. One might argue that it does not matter what others think of this individual so long as she knows her own skills and talents. This may prove true for some, but we often see ourselves and shape ourselves based on what others think of us.

Speaking to the Washington Post about the stereotypes associated with Asian-American stu-

dents, Jennifer Lee, a sociologist at the University of California at Irvine said, “What you have is a self-fulfilling prophecy where initially what is untrue becomes true.” Preconceived notions of Asian students’ performance may limit many to focus on trying to appear smart or hardworking, while those unable to reach the top of their class or get the highest math grades may feel invalidated or like a disappointment. The social pressure to conform might cause us to forget that we can also be artistic, poetic and musical. These so-called positive Asian stereotypes are also harmful to other groups, as some may assume an Asian classmate will unquestionably out-perform them.

These positive stereotypes, however, carry with them implicit negative undertones. For example, being a smart Asian is code for being an uptight Asian. These supposedly “good” generalizations provide ways to simplify the complex makeup of the American population in attempts to make diversity and personality types easier to understand.

Sometimes, it is easier to make assumptions about people than to truly get to know them. Looking at these stereotypes as positive also encourages us to neglect their negative effects. For example, if we assume that Asians are “smarter,” we may also assume that it is easier for them to get into college. We can conveniently forget that research indicates that Asian applicants to Harvard University must score an average of 140 points higher than white applicants. Good stereotypes have harmful consequences.

I do not blame my new friends for assuming that I am a certain way just because I am an Asian girl. If anything, it demonstrates that even those closest to us were once — or still are — capable of making misguided assumptions. Yet these assumptions need to be addressed. Many people are guilty of turning down friendships because they wrongly judged individuals upon first meeting them. Perhaps you thought someone was too loud, too quiet, too uptight or too apathetic to be your friend. When these judgments are based on race — and when we do not recognize them as problematic stereotypes — they are especially hurtful. There really is no such thing as a good stereotype.

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Administrators should start openly working with students, not against them.

The Divest Dartmouth campaign has been active for three years now — it began back when I was a first-year. In that time, members of the Classes of 2013 to 2019 — not to mention alumni all the way back to the Class of 1967 — have been working tirelessly to disinvest the College’s endowment from approximately 200 fossil fuel companies. Our motivations to get involved were simple — we came to the College to better our futures through education, yet investments that contribute to climate change pose a threat to our own futures and are unfair to future generations of Dartmouth students.

Since the group’s beginning, we have organized numerous events, one of which was the largest sustainability event in recent memory and included participation from more than 20 different student and Greek organizations. We launched a petition asking the College to divest from fossil fuel companies, which has garnered nearly 1,400 signatures, including hundreds of alumni. The Divest Dartmouth campaign group has visited College President Phil Hanlon during his weekly office hours more than 20 times, including yesterday. We have visited the investment office three times. And still, administrators have yet to give a public response to the campaign.

Like so many students striving to make the College on the Hill better, we have done our research. We have provided countless sources of peer-reviewed scientific data to support our claims about the urgency of climate change and have cited reports on the effects of fossil fuel companies as evidence of Dartmouth’s responsibility to divest from these risky industries.

And yet, administrators appear to be secretive at best, and stalling at worst. The examples are plenty, but one of the most frustrating has been the wait for an opinion from the investor responsibility advisory committee. A decision cannot be made on fossil fuel divestment until the advisory committee — the moral voice advising the Trustees’ investment committee — produces a report. While it has not been made clear to us why a report is required when the advisory committee previously moved to disinvest from HEI Hotels and Resorts in 2012 following student pressure, we agreed, wanting our campaign to be a collaborative process rather than an antagonistic one.

It will now, however, be almost two years since we began this process with the advisory committee. We expected the report that Hanlon commissioned in Sept. 2014 to be made public

by Dec. 2014. Since then, the deadline has been repeatedly postponed. Now, we have no indication of when the report will be published other than sometime this year. While we certainly look forward to it, we are, with good reason, concerned about the date the report will be released.

Members of the divestment campaign are, of course, not the only students who have struggled through opaque administrative policies, all the while following the process we have been told is in place to engage students like us who want to improve Dartmouth. We often see fellow students who are now also regulars in President Hanlon’s office — orthodox Jewish students working for adequate Kosher dining options, who have painstakingly investigated ways for the College to adhere better to kashrut Jewish dietary guidelines; international students shocked and frustrated by administrators’ decision to forego need-blind admissions without any consultation with students, international or otherwise. It is frustrating to be told at once that the College is our vibrant community made better by diversity and community service, all the while being stymied when trying to help make this campus better.

Bureaucratic red tape can be found in virtually any institution. We have, however, come to the alarming realization that students who have worked on this campaign since they were freshmen will graduate in less than eight months. How can it be that, in all this time, we have still not had an open conversation with administrators, if only as a first step toward making a decision about whether or not to divest? Divest Dartmouth was granted a meeting with two Trustees this past June, yet were told it was off the record. Don’t the very many community members, students, staff, faculty and alumni who have actively supported the campaign deserve an honest conversation?

We are growing tired of the College’s lack of transparency, but we are hopeful. We would like the College to engage in a frank, public discussion about fossil fuel divestment. We have peacefully held up our end of the discussion. It is time for administrators to do the same.

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the unknown.”

He went on to speak about his economic record as governor of Florida, where he said he cut a total of $19 billion in taxes and reduced the size of the state government by 11 percent. As president he said he would hope to make similar reforms in the government as a whole.

“In Florida, you can fire a government worker for incompetence,” Bush said. “Now, I know that sounds like a radical idea, but imagine if we brought that idea to D.C.” His ideas included lobbying reform and a deduction of pay for public officials who no longer work.

Bush described the Affordable Care Act as a “monstrosity” and announced that he had a plan to repeal the law and create his own health care plan from scratch.

“This whole deal has been a depressing example of trying to force ideas down the throats of people who didn’t want it,” he said.

“If we’re serious about leading the world, then it’s time for us to pause and say, ‘What could we do if we started from scratch?’” he said.

His attitude of tenacity and innovation was what made him such a successful governor in Florida, he said.

“Florida was a better place because I asked the ‘Why not?’ question,” he said. “Should I be elected president, I will be a disruptor.”

Bush concluded his speech with anecdotes from his time in state office. The first described meeting a woman — a mother with a developmentally disabled daughter — who had accused Bush of not caring. Bush said that, from this experience, he took the time to listen and learn about the issue before making decisions and spoke to his commitment to improving the lives of disabled Americans.

Bush used a second anecdote, about a low-income elementary school student in Florida, to demonstrate his history with education reform. Bush said his successes in the realm of education included taking on teachers’ unions to make change, creating voucher programs to encourage school choice for low-income students and raising literacy numbers by 250,000 students per year.

The forum was then opened for audience questions about 30 minutes into the event.

Prompted by a question regarding climate change, Bush said the climate is changing and humans are a part of this process. He said the problem should be solved with

a high-growth strategy where the government researches and identifies technologies that can be applied in the market to accelerate changes, while keeping a free, competitionbased market.

Questions also touched on health care and veterans affairs, both of which led Bush to emphasize the need to shrink government and encourage competition for health care providers.

When an audience member said he had recently started a small business, Bush responded that he hoped to lower the corporate tax rate to 20 percent, which would be among the lowest corporate tax rates in the world, to reward businesses.

The question session ended with an individual asking which public relations firm Bush had hired to control his image and how that industry keeps him from being authentic. Bush responded that, unlike President Barack Obama, he does not have a David Axelrod type of person on his team and tries to be authentic and genuine.

He pledged not to disparage people to make himself look good and acknowledged the distrust that many Americans have in the government.

Dartmouth College Republicans president Michelle Knesbach ’17 said she was impressed with the talk, and that Bush performed better in a smaller forums than he had in the past in larger venues.

She added that she was particularly impressed with his response to the climate change question, which pointed to the scientific evidence behind the issue.

Jeremy Lewin ’19 agreed that Bush performed better in a smaller setting, and said he thought Bush had struggled to get his message across with inadequate airtime in previous events.

“Obviously candidates have their talking points, and those are made by staffers, but he was pretty dexterous and he did well getting his message across,” he said. “He seems more genuine than I think he comes across in the debates and other forums.”

Lewin said the event had a strong showing of Dartmouth students, and as a member of The Dartmouth Review and the College Republicans he hoped to get more candidates to campus, though it would be difficult after the events that occurred when former Texas governor Rick Perry spoke at Dartmouth last year. Several students who attended Perry’s speech asked him explicit questions regarding his stance on homosexuality and gay marriage.

in front of the Native American House and will be offering temporary housing reassignment for Native students living in the house. Dick’s House counselors have also been made available.

The College chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People also sent a campus-wide email stating that they stand with the NAD community and encouraging students to file bias incident reports.

The posters read, “Celebrate Columbus Day all year ’round with vintage Dartmouth Indian gear!” — the phrase “Columbus Day” was crossed out and replaced with “Indigenous Peoples’ Day.” “Native American and proud to be one? Hate political correctness? Love Dartmouth? Don’t want the Old Traditions to fail?” it read before advertising a CafePress website selling various apparel and other miscellaneous items featuring the Dartmouth Indian mascot.

Originally offering dozens of items, the website now offers only a hat, mug and ornament.

This incident follows a demonstration held by dozens of Native American students on Monday in which students held signs on the

Green and outside of Parkhurst Hall bearing slogans such as “I am a survivor of genocide,” “This is Abenaki land” and “We are still here.” Some signs wished onlookers a “Happy Indigenous Peoples’ Day.” Indigenous Peoples’ Day is a proposed replacement for Columbus Day that would recognize the lives and history of North American indigenous tribes. The holiday originated in Berkeley, California,

and several major American cities — such as Minneapolis, Seattle and Denver — have officially recognized Indigenous Peoples’ Day. This October, Governor Bill Walker of Alaska issued an executive proclamation renaming Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples’ Day in the state.

The College does not officially recognize Columbus Day, and regularly scheduled courses met on Monday.

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Artist Charles Simonds gave a talk about his work in the Hood Museum.

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“Rocky VoxMasters,” interviewing workshop, Rockefeller Center, Class of 1930 Room

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“Collecting and Teaching: Fulfilling the Mission of a College Art Museum,” adult course, Hood Museum of Art

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“Staged Play Readings,” directed by Veronica Burt ’16, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Bentley Theater

TOMORROW All day “Dalí, Lorca, and Buñuel in America: An International Conference,” special conference, Hood Museum of Art Auditorium

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“Six to Start - Product Development,” Dartmouth Entrepreneurial Network startup bootcamp, DEN Innovation Center

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“NT Live in HD: Hamlet” (2015), film screening, Black Family Visual Arts Center, Loew Auditorium

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Student Spotlight: Reed Sturtevant ’16

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Death of an Anarchist,” noted the level of energy he brings to his In trying to make banjos a pres- work. ences on campus, Reed Sturtevant “He is one of my favorite people ’16 cofounded College Folk Society to be around when he is doing in addition to performing with the something creative,” she said. “I am Rude Mechanicals. very inspired by people’s creativity, Sturtevant first became involved and [Sturtevant] is very expressive with theater when he was nine or 10 and joyful. When he acts he’s very years old and maintained involve- passionate about it, but in a way ment throughout high school, doing that is welcoming to others, and both performance and backstage it always makes me happy to be work for his high school program around him.” as well as for an outside theater Sturtevant also co-founded Colcompany. Sturtevant was also a lege Folk Society — a group that teaching assishe said tries to tant for youth “He is one of my bring folk music theater camps in into the lives favorite people to the summers, he of members of be around when he said. the Dartmouth Upon com- is doing something community — ing to the Colwith Andrew lege, Sturtevant creative. I am very Sun ’18. The immediately be- inspired by people’s g ro u p m e e t s came involved Monday afcreativity, and with the theter n o o n s fo r ater community [Sturtevant] is very infor mal jam — auditioning expressive and joyful. sessions that are for the Rude open to all.

M e c h a n i c a l s When he acts he’s Sturteand pursuing a very passionate about vant is a memdouble major ber of Filthy it but in a way that is in theater and Filthy Mounwelcoming to others, linguistics. tain Boys, a stu “He is ab- and it always makes dent band that solutely one of is “basically a the most hu- me happy to around bluegrass old morous people him.” time band,” he in the group,” said.

Rude Mechani “The cals president -Veri di Suvero ’16 first time that Avery Feingold [we played] to’17 said. “He is gether as the one of the most Filthy Filthy skilled with language, one of the Mountain Boys was when we most versed with Shakespeare and were trying to spread awareness with theater. He has seen many about the College Folk Society,” productions of shows, he has done Sturtevant said. many productions of shows, brings “A couple of us got together a set a ton of experience, but he doesn’t of some good old bluegrass tunes, bring with that any sense of rigidity and then we walked around campus and instead he comes to everything playing and singing and handing with this remarkable creativity and out flyers and letting people know a remarkable sense of fun.” that College Folk Society existed In addition to Rude Mechani- and that they should come on down cals’ productions, Sturtevant has and play with us.” participated in other student-run The Filthy Filthy Mountain Boys pieces. played at the homecoming tailgate, “Last spring I was in a produc- and most recently on stage with tion called the ‘Accidental Death of visiting group The Knights and an Anarchist’,” Sturtevant said.“I Ladies Night at the Collis Center. played the central character of that “Honestly the two sort of show — I was called ‘The Fool’ — evolved hand in hand. It’s kind and it was incredibly packed with of been a lifelong dream of mine maniac energy and constantly to play in a bluegrass band, and I changing costumes and disguises had talked to Andrew Sun about and running around jumping on it a little bit last year,” Sturtevant things. That was probably the best said. performance experience I’ve had.” Sturtevant said that he enjoys the The piece, translated from Ital- freedom that bluegrass provides. ian by Luke Katler ’15 for his thesis, “What I love about bluegrass was a comedic farce that required a in particular — bluegrass and lot of fast-paced action, Sturtevant old-time music — is that it’s a very said. relaxed and informal process. It Veri di Suvero ’16, who worked isn’t regimented in the same way with Sturtevant on “Accidental that for example classical orchestral The Dartmouth Staff

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Reed Sturtevant ’16 cofounded College Folk Society, a group that brings folk and bluegrass music to campus.

music would be, or choral music,” he said.“We have these songs, that some of them we know who composed them some of and them we don’t, they’ve just been around for a really long time, but all of them are comfortably evolving and changing and every person or every group that plays or sings them takes away or changes something about the song.”

Sturtevant says that the improvisational, fluid feel is maintained by the College Folk society.

“If we play a song three times, it’s going to have a different solo in it each time,” Sturtevant said. “The atmosphere of it is much more of a dialogue… with the audience.”

Banter and jokes are commonplace in between songs in a typical bluegrass performance, Sturtevant said.

“There’s less of a divide or dichotomy between off-stage and on-stage,” Sturtevant said. “Which, not coincidentally, is what I seek

in theater productions, is to break down that kind of divide between the performers and the people taking in that performance.”

Projects Sturtevant has found within this realm include performances with the Rude Mechanicals, who choose non-traditional performance spaces, and a piece called “Haze” that he worked on with Niegel Smith ’02 during his sophomore summer alongside the New York Theater Workshop.

“Haze” was a “participatory walk” that was scripted and involved taking small groups along a planned excursion around Dartmouth’s campus, Sturtevant said.

“My goal right now is actually to get College Folk Society to grow in numbers and in skill and in breadth,” Sturtevant said.

“The overall goal is to have a space where very single folksy musician at Dartmouth knows about us and can come play with us if they want to. And also to have every tradi-

tional bluegrass-type instrument represented.”

Currently, the group is performing gigs to raise money to purchase a more diverse selection of instruments, Sturtevant said.

Sturtevant said the next purchase will be a dobro — he is waiting for a student to show up to the Folk Society, saying she likes bluegrass music but does not know how to play an instrument. Sturtevant will say, “Alright, here’s a dobro, here’s a slide, here are the finger pick and here’s what you do, go to.”

“I just sort of feel like my calling right now is to spread the fantastic opportunities and wonderful happiness of the performing arts to every single person that I have the chance to spread it to,” he said. “I would love it if we lived in a world where everybody had at least tried playing a fiddle. A lot of people have never even thought of picking up a fiddle, so I want to try and change that.”

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SPORTS

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2015

FRIDAY LINEUP

WOMEN’S HOCKEY VS. CORNELL 4 PM

Men’s soccer moves to first in Ivy League after 1-0 win over Yale

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The Dartmouth Staff

The men’s soccer team emerged victorious from a defensive standoff against Yale University (1-9-0, 0-2 Ivy) in New Haven, Connecticut, this past Saturday, taking the game 1-0. The match marked the Big Green’s fourth-straight win and moved Dartmouth (6-3-1, 2-0 Ivy) into a tie for first in the Ivy League with Harvard University (4-4-2, 2-0 Ivy).

“Credit to the group,” head coach Chad Riley said. “[Yale is] not an easy place to go down to.

You look through the history and Yale’s a tough place to get a good result, so I was very proud of just the overall effort of the group.”

After Saturday’s result, Yale leads the all-time series with Dartmouth 39-34-6. Last season, the two teams met on Oct. 11, when Dartmouth won handily 4-1, extending its unbeaten streak at the time to eight games.

The Bulldogs have won only one game this season, in large part due to its poor defensive effort. Yale and Cornell University are tied for the bottom spot in the League standings, and Yale sits last in goals allowed per game with 2.46, almost a full goal more than the University

of Pennsylvania, which sits second to last with 1.63 goals allowed per game. In contrast, Dartmouth has allowed just seven goals in 10 games this season.

Across the duration of the contest, Yale put together a sturdy defensive effort and tested the resolve of Dartmouth’s offense, holding the Big Green scoreless in the first half. Seven minutes after the halftime break, though, Sam Rosen ’16 registered the first Ivy League goal of his career, popping it over Yale’s goalkeeper and into the net.

“We were in the attacking third around the box,” Rosen said. “The ball was up for grabs and bounced out. I picked it up, took a touch into space and saw an opportunity to shoot, so I took advantage of it.”

The Bulldogs attempted to rally but were unable to get past Dartmouth’s defensive line and goalkeeper Stefan Cleveland ’16, who now owns five shutouts on the season and holds the highest save percentage in the Ivy League at 0.861. Cleveland was only forced into three save situations against Yale, but two came in the last seven minutes. Dartmouth out-shot Yale 12-to-6, putting six shots on target compared to the Bulldogs’s three.

“As Yale became a little bit more

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The men’s soccer team has won its last four games — two of which were Ivy League contests – for a 6-3-1 season record.

direct we had a couple of moments where we needed to defend well, and we did,” Riley said. “We had a couple of good chances to put the game away, but we weren’t able to do that.”

The offensive firepower did not

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Without Alex Adelabu ’15, the team has a new offensive identity with 10 players contributing at least one goal so far this season.

kick in for Dartmouth until the second half as Yale limited Dartmouth to just four shots in the first period.

The Bulldogs, however, could not capitalize, testing Cleveland just once. Yale freshman forward Kyle Kenagy leads the Bulldogs with three goals and nine shots on target on the season but could not find his form in the match and managed to get just one shot off in the 83rd minute, which Cleveland saved.

“Yale came out with a good plan to frustrate us going forward for a little bit,” Riley said. “They were very difficult to break down, but I thought overall we did make a ton of chances in the first half.”

The Big Green also racked up nearly double the number of fouls as Yale, 19-to-10. The total was Dartmouth’s second highest of the season, two short of the Big Green’s 21 against the University of Washington on Sept. 18.

“We were gunning forward a lot of the game, and Yale was just sitting back and looking to counterattack, which is dangerous sometimes because they might catch you off-guard,” Rosen said. “Luckily we stayed solid in the back four, and [Cleveland] had a great game.”

With Rosen’s second goal of the season, he is tied with three other

teammates for the team lead in goals. Dartmouth has found contributions from all over the pitch this season with 10 players registering at least one score.

Indicative of the high stakes and razor slim margins in Ivy League matchups, both of Dartmouth’s wins over Ancient Eight opponents came through a 1-0 score.

The Crimson is the only other undefeated team in the conference.

The two teams will not face off until Halloween weekend, but as the two teams separate themselves from the pack early, the story-line will only continue to build.

Riley emphasized Dartmouth’s game-by-game approach. Next week, the Big Green hit the road again, this time for a road tilt against the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, with kickoff is 7:30 p.m.

“I think one of the big things is preparing mentally that you’re going away from home — playing against good teams, knowing that the game’s not going to go perfect,” Riley said. “You’ve just got to be able to adapt within the game. Go in there with the mentality that you’re going to work very hard, play together, be very solid defensively and take your chances on the attack.”